Welcome to my website!
I am a Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow with Foreign and Defense Policy Department at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
My areas of expertise include:
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cyber conflict and U.S. cyber policy
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spyware/commercial surveillance software
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NATO
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strategic challenges to transatlantic relations
I was previously a Consulting Fellow for the Cyber, Space and Future Conflict Programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins SAIS. I am also a former USIP-Minerva Peace & Security Scholar with the U.S. Institute of Peace.
My education includes:
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Ph.D., Political Science, Syracuse University
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M.A., Political Science, Virginia Tech
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B.A., Government, The College of William & Mary
Prior to doctoral work, I was a licensed Fraud Operations Analyst at E*TRADE Financial Corporation, where I identified and resolved cases of financial fraud based on technical compromise data and client behavioral patterns.